Stefan live on German national TV - tonight - streaming available

[Cubenovice]

Congratulations Stefan!

PS: Next time you solve BLD on TV: please also show the orange face

 

[Stefan]

PS: Next time you solve BLD on TV: please also show the orange face

You mean after the solve? I did show all six sides, you can see orange when I hold it up out of the water.

 

[Cubenovice]

You mean after the solve? I did show all six sides, you can see orange when I hold it up out of the water.

Lol no
Showing all sides during inspection makes it easier for the "reconstruction crew".

 

[Stefan]

Oooohhh... right

 

[toastman]

Holey smokes! Congratulations dude!

 

[Lucas Garron]

U' L U L' U' L U L R2 L' U' L' U L U' L' U R2

Why not U' L U L' U' L U L' ?
(Or just U' L U L' U' L U, although I understand that keeping it 8 moves may help with accuracy.)

 

[Julian]

Haha, wow! Must be hard to focus on the memo and holding your breath at the same time.

Congrats, man!

 

[AvidCuber]

Wow, this was so cool to watch! The fact that you held your breath for so long was more impressive than the solve

Also, congratulations on the new car

 

[Stefan]

Why not U' L U L' U' L U L' ?
(Or just U' L U L' U' L U, although I understand that keeping it 8 moves may help with accuracy.)

Oops. Don't know how that typo happened, I do only U' L U L' U' L U.

 

[Enter]

nice one Stefan the the pressure must have been extreme the people, the water, Tomas Gottschalk, the music you had the ear plugs but still it is hard to do it on live tv!

 

[Godmil]

Manalive! I was so nervous just watching that, I have no idea how you did it, particularly holding your breath for so long. Well done!

 

[CRO]

Congratz!

 

[Stefan]

nice one Stefan the the pressure must have been extreme the people, the water, Tomas Gottschalk, the music you had the ear plugs but still it is hard to do it on live tv!

Meh. Just 2500 in front of me and 12 million via TV

Fun fact: After the show I got interviewed and was asked about the audience, and there and then I realized "Oh right... there must've been a lot of people". I had somehow managed to pretty much ignore them during the show, my mind had been busy trying to focus on my performance and the talking. On the other hand, I had huge trouble focusing during memo, so at least subconsciously the whole situation did affect me considerably.

Oh and during rehearsal with Thomas and Michelle, at first they leaned over the edges of my pool, both staring at me and my cube from like 60 cm away. *That* was pressure, I'm telling you. But of course I told them and they stepped away and even turned around (then watching me on a screen). They're really nice people, emphasized that they want the best for us candidates and that if anything bothered us, we just had to tell them.

 

[pjk]

I didn't hear about this until someone at the UK Open mentioned it (I've been traveling so I haven't been online much). That was awesome. I'm curious - did you get the chance to practice this much before the show? How did you get onto the show? Lastly, what are your plans for the car - sell it, trade it, or keep it? Congrats Stefan.

 

[Stefan]

did you get the chance to practice this much before the show?

Yes, we had some testing/preparation sessions the days before.

How did you get onto the show?

Asked and agreed, then I had to make a demo video, then we met at a swimming pool for a live demonstration, then it was decided.

Lastly, what are your plans for the car - sell it, trade it, or keep it?

I have much more use for money than for a car. Don't know yet exactly how I'll do it, though.